Helpless Heartbeats
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Aubrie Jade A. Hemmings is just one of your typical Grade 8 highschool students. She's got the wits, but she's not that smart. She's got the looks, but she's not that pretty. She's got the crowd but she's not that popular. And here we are, thinking that she's also living a typical highschool life.
Insert "relationships".
"There's this person that I like....
The only BIG problem is....
That person happens to be this guy right here beside me.
And I don't know what to do with it.."
Leon Austin P. Parker. The boy who gives me shades of red. The boy whom I bake brownies for. The boy who sends flights of butterflies in my stomach. The boy who let's me play football as long as he's my opponent. The boy who does stuff for me when I plead. The boy who makes me so confused. The boy who gets me to do things I've never done for anyone else before. The boy that always comes to my mind even if I have a hundred other problems to worry about. Austin Parker. The boy who gives me helpless heartbeats.
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